Work & commute · Stewart

Work & commute in Stewart, MN

Most working residents leave Stewart for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Hutchinson (22%), Glencoe (14%) and Waconia (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 259 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 252 Stewart residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stewart.

252live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

215work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stewart goes to work

Hutchinson12.4 mi away

22%56

Glencoe16.8 mi away

14%35

Waconia35.1 mi away

3%8

Buffalo Lake6.5 mi away

3%7

Stewart (in town)right here

3%7

Chaska43.5 mi away

3%7

Eden Prairie51.1 mi away

2%5

Minneapolis61.9 mi away

2%5

St. Louis Park57.1 mi away

2%4

Willmar39.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%121

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Stewart commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10%

46%

22%

10%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stewart is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stewart are

222 jobs are based in Stewart. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stewart’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stewart

222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Stewart residents hold

259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−7%

Jobs based in Stewart, 2013 → 2023: 238 → 222. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.